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The fifth id occurs when Carrie wants to live with Drouet. Drouet offers some materials that she is always dream. Carrie thinks her
life will better if she lives with him.
The peculiar state which she was in made it sound like the welcome breath of an open door. Drouet seemed of her own spirit and pleasing SC, 1900: 145.
The sixth id occurs when Carrie wants to go with Hurstwood and to leave Drouet. Hurstwood is more interesting than Drouet.
Hurstwood is richer than Drouet. The seventh occurs when Carrie wants take a job as an actor.
Carrie thinks that she must do something, because Hurstwood does not do anything to get money.
The last Carrie’s id occurs when Carrie wants to leaving Hurstwood, because he does not give luxurious life and she is
disappointed with him.
b. The Superego
Freud maintains that Superego is “the moral or ethical province of personality. It is guided by the idealistic principle as opposed to the
pleasure principle of the id and the realistic principle of the ego” Feist, 1985: 26.
The first Carrie’s superego occurs when she wants to leave her family and to go to Chicago to realize her dream. Carrie is a young girl
and she is eighteenth years old. As a young girl, she is better to stay at home than go to the big city, Chicago.
The second Carrie’s superego occurs when the Carrie’s id wants to quit from the shoe factory because the salary is too low. She does not
like the job. Her superego warns to keep the job, because it will be more difficult to find other job.
The third Carrie’s superego occurs when she wants to go home. Carrie remembers her memories in the village. She misses her village and
parents. Carrie thinks that her effort is poor reward and she gives up. She
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is a young girl from rural area that is better too staying in home. She does not have qualities to stay in Chicago.
The fourth superego occurs when Carrie wants to leaving Minnie’s flat, because she has some problems with her brother in-law.
Sven expects Carrie can contribute in his family. However, Minnie is her sister who very kind and accept her to live in Minnie’s apartment. Carrie
worries her sister will feel sad and angry if she goes out from Minnie’s apartment.
Carrie was afraid of what she was going to do but she was relieved to know that this condition was ending. They would not care. Hanson particularly
would be glad when she went. He would not care what became of her. SC, 1900: 153
The fifth superego occurs Carrie wants to live with Drouet. Drouet offers some material that she is always dream. Carrie thinks her
life will better if she lives with him. However, she knows Drouet for a while. She thinks to go together with Drouet is bad things. She asks
Drouet to marry her as soon as possible. The sixth superego occurs when Carrie wants to go with
Hurstwood and to leave Drouet, because Hurstwood is more interesting than Drouet. Hurstwood is richer than Drouet. Instead of, Drouet is very
kind and Carrie feels pity if she leaves Hurstwood. The seventh superego occurs when Carrie wants take a job as an
actor. Carrie thinks that she must do something, because Hurstwood does not do anything to get money. As an actor is one way to be wealthy.
Therefore, she keeps the spirit and looks for the procedure to be an actor. Moreover, her superego remembers for never give up looking for an
agent. The last Carrie’s superego occurs when Carrie leaves
Hurstwood, because he does not give luxurious life and she is disappointed with him. Actually, she feels pity and worried, because
Hurstwood is her husband and she loves him.
